We Can but Dare We? Guidelines
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate smartphone and social media use in healthcare and to apply professional ethical and legal principles to the appropriate use in healthcare versus personal technology.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
CO #2: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO #4)
CO #6: Discuss the principles of data integrity professional ethics and legal requirements related to data security regulatory requirements confidentiality and clients right to privacy. (PO #6)
DUE DATE
Your completed We Can but Dare We? paper is due at the end of Week 3. Submit it to the basket in the Dropbox by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Post your questions to the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper to the Dropbox on time may result in a deduction of points.
Refer to the Course Calendar for details. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
This assignment is worth a total of 300 points.
REQUIREMENTS
1. You are to research compose and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario described above. Choose one ending to the scenario to discuss within the body of your paper. Reflect on what you have learned in this class to date about technology privacy concerns and legal and ethical issues. These concepts must be addressed in your paper as you consider the use of smartphones and social media in healthcare. Consider the consequences of such a scenario. Do not limit your review of the literature to the nursing discipline only. Other health professionals are using the technology and you may need to apply critical thinking skills to its applications in this scenario.
2. Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting. Consult your copy of the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association sixth edition as well as the resources in Doc Sharing if you have questions (e.g. margin size font type and size (point) use of third person etc.). Take advantage of the writing service Smarthinking which is accessed by clicking on the link called the Tutor Source found under the Course Home area.
3. The length of the paper should be four to five pages excluding the title page and the reference page. Limit the references to a few key sources (minimum of three required).
4. The paper will contain an introduction that catches the attention of the reader with interesting facts and supporting sources of evidence which should be included as in-text citations. The body should present the advantages and disadvantages regarding the use of smartphones and social media in healthcare and apply professional ethical and legal principles to the appropriate use of this technology. The conclusion and recommendations should summarize your findings after choosing one of the four possible conclusions and discuss your reflection(s) and what you have learned regarding the scenario and potential outcomes that resulted. Make your case based on the evidence you have collected.
5. NOTE: Review the section on Academic Honesty found in the Chamberlain Course Policies. All work must be original (in your own words). Your paper will automatically be submitted to Turnitin when submitted to the Dropbox. Please do not submit the paper multiple times!
6. Submit the completed paper to the We Can but Dare We? Dropbox by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT by the end of Week 3. Please post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forums so that the entire class may view the answers.
PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT (VIDEO INCLUDED)
Transcript to video
BACKGROUND
Healthcare is readily embracing any technology to improve patient outcomes streamline operations and lower costs but we must also consider the impact of such technology on privacy and patient care. This technology includes the use of social media applications such as Facebook Instagram MySpace Twitter and LinkedIn on smartphones.
In healthcare today smartphones are widely used for communication efficiency and care. Obviously a variety of issues (ethical professional and legal) from both the personal and hospital perspectives must be considered.
SCENARIO
You are a nurse in the emergency room working the Friday 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift and your evening has been filled with the usual mix of drunken belligerent teens wailing babies chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations falls fractures and the routine regular congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. Your best friend is texting you from the concert that you had to miss tonight because you were scheduled to work and you respond to her between care of patients jealous that she is there and you are not. What a jerk to torture me like this! you think to yourself.